Momentum Grant
Momentum Grant supports local organizations, schools, and municipalities with community projects that address local needs and benefit residents of Marshall, Michigan, and surrounding townships.
This grant was recently updated
Plan around the updated quarterly deadlines: January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, 2027; the page now also lists review and decision timing for each cycle. You may have only one application pending, and prior grant final reports must receive Board approval—which can take up to three months—before you apply. Check the expanded priorities and restrictions, particularly exclusions for funding the same program year after year or replacing ongoing school operations; the award range remains $751–$24,999.
Funder: Marshall Community Foundation
Due Dates: January 1, 2027 (Quarterly) | April 1, 2027 (Quarterly) | July 1, 2027 (Quarterly) | October 1, 2027 (Quarterly)
Funding Amounts: $751–$24,999 per grant
Summary: Supports community projects in Calhoun County benefiting residents of Marshall, Michigan, and surrounding townships.
Key Information: Requests of $5,000 or more must include funding from another source.
Description
The Marshall Community Foundation’s Momentum Grant provides flexible local funding for projects addressing community needs in Calhoun County. With limited exceptions, projects should directly benefit residents of the City of Marshall, Michigan, and surrounding townships. The program emphasizes substantial community benefits relative to resources invested, collaboration among organizations, and responses to local challenges.
Priorities include avoiding duplicated services, reaching the greatest number of residents, engaging volunteers, and improving self-sufficiency through capacity building and workforce development. The Foundation also supports innovative start-up efforts, access to resources for low-income and underserved populations, poverty intervention, and responses to food insecurity. Youth priorities include student performance, teacher training, supplemental programs, and mental health. Projects examining underlying causes of local challenges and using challenge or matching resources are encouraged.
